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Thread: Molson Coors eliminates a bunch of Ice & similar beers, I cry for Weinhards

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    so does buddy sell beer cans or just drink a lot?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    All the shitty midwest beers under the same roof. It's like a family reunion, that's the comforting bit.

    I know I'm in the minority here at the TGRs, and I love supporting local breweries, but ~90% of what craft brewers make tastes like garbage to me. I'll take a shitty beer just about every time over the local goat's milk sour quad IPA radler.
    If they had an owner that gave a fuck instead of just milking brands for cash the beers might not suck.

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    The shitty Midwest beers owner or the owner making goat milk quad IPAs?

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    Quote Originally Posted by altasnob View Post
    Here in the PNW Beer nirvana there is a movement towards more drinkable lager style craft brews.
    This reads like marketing BS. I don't understand how a lager is inherently more "drinkable" than an ale. I have zero problems drinking either one.

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    Sad to see the death of Keystone Ice. Fuzzy memories of my time in AK getting half racks of those things (somebody mentioned bang for the buck, which was a major thing in Bristol Bay) and just getting absolutely piss drunk while smoking a joint and blowing shit up with seal bombs. Man, 18 was a fun age. Click image for larger version. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    This reads like marketing BS. I don't understand how a lager is inherently more "drinkable" than an ale. I have zero problems drinking either one.
    Ya, it's a bit of semantics as to what label you put on it. Just pointing out that local craft breweries are brewing "swill" beer these days as well. One my favorite is Bone Light, from Boneyard. When I first had it at the tasting room the owner was handing out unlimited free samples and described it as "lawn mowing beer."
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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    I know I'm in the minority here at the TGRs, and I love supporting local breweries, but ~90% of what craft brewers make tastes like garbage. I'll take a shitty beer just about every time over the local goat's milk sour quad IPA radler.
    Tastes like garbage or just gives you the shits. We used to refer to Ska Pinstripe as "Pants-stripe" Red. Nothing wrong with the beer, but when you're drinking with purpose, microbrews catch up with your guts.

    When I was still drinking it did give me a small amount of perverse pleasure going in to a brew pub and ordering a Coors Light. I can (rather, could) drink CL Smooth from dawn to dawn and keep my shit together, but a few goat's milk quad ipas and I'd be drooling. Drinking shouldn't be a chore, stick to the basics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    This reads like marketing BS. I don't understand how a lager is inherently more "drinkable" than an ale. I have zero problems drinking either one.
    It’s a relative statement about the current beer market. Go back 80 years and both ales and lagers were lower in alcohol and more drinkable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by altasnob View Post
    Ya, it's a bit of semantics as to what label you put on it. Just pointing out that local craft breweries are brewing "swill" beer these days as well. One my favorite is Bone Light, from Boneyard. When I first had it at the tasting room the owner was handing out unlimited free samples and described it as "lawn mowing beer."
    I was always a fan of Full Sail's Session beer. I think they deserve credit for the first nominally "craft brewery" to brew a straight ahead, low bitterness lager.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    I was always a fan of Full Sail's Session beer. I think they deserve credit for the first nominally "craft brewery" to brew a straight ahead, low bitterness lager.
    Not totally sure about that. It’s probably close though.

    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    Nice to see the PNW catching up to the Midwest in that aspect. Drinkable craft Lagers are great (I understand that it may be cost prohibitive to microbreweries to do lagers though, but I'm not a brewer so who knows if that's true).


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    I like Full Sail and they bought the mold from Olympia for their Session stubby bottles. But they sold out to a private equity so they are on my shit list like the rest of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    I was always a fan of Full Sail's Session beer. I think they deserve credit for the first nominally "craft brewery" to brew a straight ahead, low bitterness lager.
    It seems everyone overlooks Anchor Steam


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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    I will probably drink anything you hand me BUT a molsons

    but I only buy beer made in a craft brew 4 block from here
    Did you guys have these out west? I used to drive up and pick up as many cases as were allowed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    It seems everyone overlooks Anchor Steam


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    Remember when there was regional beer ?
    Weinhards
    Anchor steam
    Old Style
    Rainer
    Iron City
    Lone Star
    Leinenkugel
    Shiner Bock
    Red, white and blue
    Yuengling
    Rolling Rock

    Hell I never saw lucky Lager till college in CA

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    Quote Originally Posted by altasnob View Post
    I like Full Sail and they bought the mold from Olympia for their Session stubby bottles. But they sold out to a private equity so they are on my shit list like the rest of them.
    During their last 10 or so years as an ESOP, Full Sail was a major contract brewer of Henry Weinhards. Wouldn’t have survived without that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m2711c View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsy View Post
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    Remember when there was regional beer ?
    Weinhards
    Anchor steam
    Old Style
    Rainer
    Iron City
    Lone Star
    Leinenkugel
    Shiner Bock
    Red, white and blue
    Yuengling
    Rolling Rock

    Hell I never saw lucky Lager till college in CA
    I wouldn’t put Anchor in the same list as those, maybe Shiner.


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    Oh Old style, there's a winner.
    while my newfound thirst for Utica Club has some regional hurdles, I've been making inroads with Narragansett.
    I'd recommend you lawn mowing lager guys look into it.

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    Take off, eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    I wouldn’t put Anchor in the same list as those, maybe Shiner.


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    list was entirely "regional" as in shit you wouldn't see outside of a certain region of the country back in the 20th century, before craft brewing really started going in the 80s

    Didnt really start drinking and traveling globally until the late 80s early 90s, did Anchor have a global distribution I am unaware of or are you parroting their "first craft brewery" marketing?
    but yes I do see the quality difference in Anchor vs Lone Star

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsy View Post
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    Remember when there was regional beer ?
    Weinhards
    Anchor steam
    Old Style
    Rainer
    Iron City
    Lone Star
    Leinenkugel
    Shiner Bock
    Red, white and blue
    Yuengling
    Rolling Rock

    Hell I never saw lucky Lager till college in CA
    When I spent my time in Cincinnati I realized there were neighborhood beers, not just regional beers. Result of the massive German population I guess. One neighborhood was a Christian Morelein area, across town it was Burger, downtown it was Hudepohl and so on.

    Last time through I was through there I saw someone had revived all these old brands. Kinda cool.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    It seems everyone overlooks Anchor Steam


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    I took their tour in 1997 or 1998. It was the best brewery tour I’ve taken. I used to buy them a lot, but local beer has improved so much that I rarely bother with imports or beers from across the country. Our local actually does a steam now and then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn View Post
    It seems everyone overlooks Anchor Steam
    I disqualify it on several points. 1. Anchor was not a craft brewery. I think it probably qualifies as one now, but back in the '70s and '80s it was way bigger than the new upstart micros. 2. it's not low bitterness (33 IBU). I do give Anchor a lot of credit for really introducing "craft beer" to the U.S., though, so maybe point 1 is marginal. I need to drink some Anchor Steam. Haven't had one in years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    When I spent my time in Cincinnati I realized there were neighborhood beers, not just regional beers. Result of the massive German population I guess. One neighborhood was a Christian Morelein area, across town it was Burger, downtown it was Hudepohl and so on.

    Last time through I was through there I saw someone had revived all these old brands. Kinda cool.
    Were you there when Oldenberg was still open? Really cool place, but probably a little over the top and I'm sure that's what doomed them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    I disqualify it on several points. 1. Anchor was not a craft brewery. I think it probably qualifies as one now, but back in the '70s and '80s it was way bigger than the new upstart micros. 2. it's not low bitterness (33 IBU). I do give Anchor a lot of credit for really introducing "craft beer" to the U.S., though, so maybe point 1 is marginal. I need to drink some Anchor Steam. Haven't had one in years.
    I think his point was that they used lager yeast.

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